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''. It features

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and David Rush, who was at the time known as Young Bo$$. The single peaked at number 83 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. A music video was made, featuring Pitbull, Trina and Young Bo$$ dancing in a club.

Cultural references

Pitbull makes several pop culture references in the song. He makes reference to earlier 2007 songs, ones such as "

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" by the

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and "

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" by

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featuring

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. He also makes references to

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and the television network

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. The song also samples Trina's "Party Like a Rockstar (Remix)" on her 2007 mixtape ''Rockstarr'', as well as lyrics from the Notorious B.I.G.'s 1994 single " Big Poppa". A sample of the song was played during a dance break during shows of the

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, Yuri and Sooyoung of

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and Luna of f(x) performed a choreographed dance to the song.

Charts

References

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